READERS have reacted to news that one of the Capital’s most iconic shops could be transformed into a hotel

As revealed by the Edinburgh Evening News, The House of Fraser site at the west end of Princes Street has been put up for grabs 12 years after the retail giants secured the Jenners store on the shopping thoroughfare.

Frasers department store at the West End. The building is up for sale and may be converted into a hotel. Picture: Greg Macvean.

The department store could be turned into a new flagship hotel after being put up for sale with a £13.7 million price tag.

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Readers took to social media to have their say on the news.

@wessy666 said: “Yay another hotel. Council will gloat about how many jobs it will provide - forgetting all those lost when Frasers close.”